Last weekend I’ve experimented with psk31 for the first time. Made a really simple setup. Connected my girlfriends laptop (the only Windows one in the house) directly to my FT-817 with 2 mini-jack cable (audio in and out) and the data-cable. Run Ham Radio Deluxe. Could get it to work very well. After a few [...]
Well, that was a very nice contest! I went from Schalkwijk (see previous post) to our new clubbuilding the NERA-building. There were a few club members so I joined them. Later on that evening I went home to pick up my own rig. The evening went by and I made a few (35) contacts. About [...]
Only one hour left from the start of PACC 2009! I’m in Schalkwijk, Netherlands. On a farmer land we make the last preparations on the antenne’s. A FD23 for 10,15 and 20 at 23 meters high. Open dipoles for 40 and 80. And an 40m sloper for 160. Let the party begin!
Every Dutch radio amateur who loves to DX just a little bit, is putting everything in place for this weekend. Some ham’s polishing their keyers at home. Some hams are putting up just another wire to be able to work that special band. Others are joining in groups and use a piece of farming land [...]
Some while ago I bought a beautiful second hand Icom 910H. Very nice radio to work with! Only one little problem: to work some repeaters over here in The Netherlands, you have to send a CTCSS-tone. Of course this rig is capable of sending a CTCSS-tone. But….. The original configuration for Europe is sending only [...]
In an earlier post I’ve talked about QSL-cards. My conclusion is that the good old QSL-card still is a fun thing to exchange and I don’t want to get rid off yet. The problem is, I still never had one printed. When I got my novice license back in 2003 I never made any QSO’s [...]
About two weeks ago someone from the club approached me. If I wanted to join the morse training. Since I don’t know morse yet (it isn’t a requirement for a full license in here), I thought it is a pretty nice experience! After two lessons I can decode the characters A – J. So I [...]